State ex rel. Devore Roofing & Painting v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} The relevant facts in this case are straightforward and undisputed. On June 29, 1998, claimant-appellant, Dennis R. Walden, received a multitude of massive injuries in the course of and arising from his employment as a roofer with appellee, Devore Roofing & Painting (“Devore”). Walden was electrocuted when a piece of aluminum downspout that he was maneuvering for installation on a building contacted an overhead electric power line. The force of the shock propelled Walden over a guarded side of the scaffold upon which he was working, and he fell at least 25 feet to the ground below.

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